Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-08-23
OXFORD COUNTY HORSE NOTES
rEpioRKE or JACK STRAIT AND srAR
oAfER.--wIfERE THEY oor TifKiR
sPELD.

The two sensational ,ro,ssn perform.
ing on Maine soil the present season ars
Jack sprst,. 2:26}. and Star Carer,
2.2i3. I, may be ofin,eres, to breeder,
TO trace to . certain extent the blood
elements Of each. In order TO see from
what sources they derived their gres,
speed. l, !. we'll known ih., both be-
long to the PA,chen family. bu, what
were their dams. and from whs, did the
PAtchens spring
Jack spra,, WAS got by Tom Paichen.
and oil tha, IL known Of hi, dam il ,hs,
she was = smsll.- chunky.bail, brown
mare. said to be OF Morgan descent. AZ
nothing has ever been sid Of her speed.
Il Is to be inferred that she was nothing
more than an ordinary mare.
Star 0srer Was 90, by . son Of Tom
Paiehen. known q. farnswor,h P.'chsn.
and his dam was said TO be Dcv MAZE.
lie was bred by Andrew Ne~elmb OF
Harrison, Me-. and sold TO Fred Pierce
Of Mechanic Falls. and by him 10 A. Il.
Russell Of Buekfeld. S).y. Thompson's
Noted M.ias Horses, Vol. II. The dam
of Fans ~orth P.tchen va, gray mere.
IL |. M, claimed that she 90 the dan OF
S'st Gszsr were possessed Of any speed
IL /, therefore bat reasonable that we
should look TO Tom P.,ehen, sire Of Jack
Sprai, and grand.ire Of Star G.zsr. n
the source from which they derived the
greater portion OF their spsed.
Tom P.,ehsn. formerly called Bill
wellman, was a brown stallion, Isl
hsnds high. bred in New Jersey aud go,
by George NJ. P.iehen. 2;22i. Dam
said to be by imported May Day. bu,
,hi. has since been di.pa,ed. aud !, has
been decided ,ha, his dam Was by . Can.
ada bred horse whose name has slipped
our memory. but We thiak !, was Royal
George. II we are wrong should be pleas.
ed to be set rish, by any one who Is sure.
Tom Pa,ehen WAS frs, brouah, TO
Maine in 1867. and was entered in a
race q, Forest City Park. Portland. In
scoring up he broke bis oil hind leg.
which Of course inespaci,a,ed him from
further ,ro,,ins. although !, was msnied
sufficiently for him to travel quite easily
on IL. lie Was Afterwards taken TO Bos-
ton. bu, ". bough, 10 1869 by Mr.
Gilbert Fowler Of Portland, who kept
him for service many years. Iii known
ihs, be vas very speedy. bu, just bow
speedy we e.nno, say. His sire. Geo.
Vi. P.,ehen. VI. one Of the mo', eele.
bra,ed ,ro,,ing stallion. Of his day. and
sire OF four $50 tro,ters. while his sons
sired ,hiriy.siI. snd his daughters pro.
dueed siI. q total Of forty-,wo from the
loins Of this grea, stallion. Oae OF bis
sons Was Godfrey's Pa,ehen. sire OF Hope
fal. 2:li. and eish, Others in ,h' 2;5O
list
Geo. NJ. Pa,ehen was 20. by CAssius
NJ. Clay. be by Henry Clay. be BY An
drew Jackson. ,on Of Young Blsha~. BY
Grand Bashaw, the barb that Was import
ed from Tripoli In 1920. Ba, OF all the
Clay line Geo. VI. Ps,ehen WI" ineom-
parsbly the best. and none Of the other
descendants Of Young Bashaw were at
all worthy to be elssed with him. His
dam was by Imp. Head En-. noted race
horse. 10 /, will be seen that his son,
Tom Pa,ehen, came honestly by bis pow
er to bege, speed. even from common
mares.
Tom PA,ehen Is the sire OF Kings
P.,ehen, sire Of Foues, PA,ehen. 2:l9t,
and also of Dom Pedro. sire Of Carrie l.,
1924. There are doubtless several more
Of the &c, Of Tom PA,ehen with speed
enough to enter the charmed circle had
they been given opportunity. One Of
thess was the brown mare Lydia NJ,
who 20, . record Of 1881 on half.mile
track. The speedy little bay stallion
Highland Pstehen. formerly owned by
s. r. HolbroOk Of Oxford. was by Tom
Ps,chen, as we'll As Geo. Amss's Thomas
A. Paiehen, who 20, some good stock.
All interested In horses should not fail
to attend the iro,,ing meeting Of Oxford
County Hose.breedsp Association next
Wednesday and Thursday. also bring
such horses as are for sale, a. several buy
er will be present from abroad. Mr.. j.
q. Young Of Milton. Mass. will be there,
and wants to buy horse l5l hands high
A. I. MAXIM.